Trilogy® at The Vineyards: Club Los Meganos is set within the spectacular Trilogy community, combining striking architecture and interior design with magnificent mountain views and innovative programming. The Club features a full-service Sawa Spa, dining at Abby’s Gourmet Studio, Fitness and Sports Courts, and weddings in our surrounding vineyard.

We are looking for a Cook 3 to join our Food & Beverage Team. This position is responsible for food preparation, cooking, and serving, and reports to the Kitchen Manager or Executive Chef.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work and master all kitchen stations.
• Ensure superior standards of service meet the requirements of guests and employees.
• Proactively exceed guest satisfaction.
• Follow cleaning schedule and checklist daily for a clean and sanitary environment.
• Familiar with food preparation, cooking, and serving techniques; must be able to read cooking instructions.
• Wash, peel, cut, and shred vegetables and fruits to prepare them for use.
• Measure and mix ingredients according to recipe to prepare soups, salads, gravies, desserts, sauces, and casseroles.
• Bake, roast, broil, and steam meats, fish, vegetables, and other foods; adjust thermostat controls to regulate temperature of ovens, broilers, grills, roasters, and steam kettles.
• Observe and test foods being cooked by tasting, smelling, and noticing the visual appearance.
• Carve meats, portion food on serving plates, add gravies and sauces, and garnish servings to fill orders.
• Other duties and responsibilities may be assigned.

Personal Attributes:

• Must be highly customer-oriented and responsive.
• Able to work under pressure and balance multiple priorities and assignments.
• Strong team-building skills, including the ability to lead, cooperate, and motivate.
• Must be a role model and able to live our BlueStar core values: Honesty and Integrity, Respect for the Individual, Teamwork, Competitive Spirit.

Minimum Requirements / Qualifications / Skills:

• High School diploma preferred, or equivalent combination of education and professional experience.
• Current Food Handlers card.
• Ability to think, work, solve practical problems, and make independent decisions.
• Must demonstrate initiative and accept responsibility for decisions and actions.
• Must be able to pay attention to multiple details and be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment.
• This position requires a flexible schedule to include evenings and weekends.

Work Environment:

This position typically operates in an indoor kitchen environment but may also work at a kitchen station set up for outdoor events and be exposed to outdoor weather conditions. Kitchens are housed with equipment such as an oven, stove, dishwasher, slicer, coffee machine, steamer, mixer, and chef’s knives. The employee is frequently exposed to heat, steam, fire, and noise. The noise level varies and can be loud.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to speak and hear, taste and smell, sit, stand and walk for the duration of a work shift, bend, kneel or stoop, use hands to fingers, handle or feel, and reach with hands and arms. Frequent hand washing is required. The employee must be able to occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. This position requires manual dexterity, auditory and visual skills, and the ability to follow written and oral instructions and procedures in a fast-paced environment.

BLUESTAR RESORT & GOLF IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

• Medical, Dental, and Life Insurance Plans for full-time team members.
• Accrued Paid Time Off (PTO) for full-time team members.
• Seven paid holidays annually for full-time team members.
• Accrued Paid Sick Leave for part-time team members.
• 401(k) plan participation for team members 21 years and older.

• Minimum of three years’ cooking experience in a commercial kitchen.
• Current Food Handlers card.
• Ability to read and interpret safety rules and procedure manuals.
• Strong team-building skills and ability to lead.
• Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple priorities.
• Must be self-motivated and proactive.